Word: perilousness
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...nation's concert halls the sound of trouble-financial, artistic, moral, spiritual-is growing louder every day. The New York Philharmonic is not a conspicuous example. With a safe home in Manhattan's Lincoln Center and an endowment of $10 million, it is hardly in mortal peril. But its officers-President Carlos Moseley, Board Chairman Amyas Ames-have seen the need to face change and the future. Boulez is the result. A relative newcomer to the international conducting ranks, he is also largely untried in the familiar repertory of late 18th century and 19th century staples, so that...
...immediate peril is that a big rush from dollars into stronger currencies or gold could easily set off still another monetary crisis, one which would make Europe's brief speculative spree last May seem mild by comparison. Already there are enough dollars circulating in the Eurodollar market to empty out Fort Knox several times over. The deeper danger is that European governments will clamp stern controls on the international exchange of money-particularly on the inflow of dollars-and that the U.S. will put equally rigid controls on the import of goods. In Washington, there is much discussion...
...Fine Olde English Game of Darts is not usually so dangerous. The most common peril, in fact, is a slow disntegration of precision caused by overdrafts of ale or lager, which most dart 51ayers regard as a pleasantly indispensable part of the game. This is perfectly in tune with the Fine Olde English Atmosphere in which the game flourishes nowadays as never before...
...began sending their planes over the Egyptian interior, the Soviet pilots would almost certainly challenge them. But what if the Israelis avoided "deep penetration" raids, yet were giving the Egyptians such a beating that Cairo began pressuring Moscow to send its pilots into battle? Beyond that, there is another peril-fraught contingency. The Israelis claim that they can neutralize or destroy the Soviet-built missile network if a new round of fighting erupts. Could they do so without either killing many Russian technicians or provoking a response from Russian jets ? or both...
...elbow by a Neanderthal "surgeon." The man's age and physical condition indicated to the scientists that he had been unable to fend for himself. They surmised that his fellows kept him alive until he met his death in an accidental rockfall inside the cave, a common peril for these communal hunters who lived from 100,000 to 40,000 years ago. Comments Anthropologist Carleton S. Coon: "On the grounds of behavior alone, the Shanidar folk merit the title of Homo sapiens...